Design technology in contemporary architectural practice / Dominik Holzer ; foreword by Mark Burry.

"Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice lifts the curtain to unveil how eleven world-leading design studios integrate technology (such as Computational Design, BIM and Digital Fabrication) as part of their day-to-day design exploration and delivery. Via first-hand accounts, th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Holzer, Dominik (Author)
Other Authors: Burry, Mark (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • <P><STRONG>1. Introduction
  • Defining Design Technology</STRONG>; 1.1. Background to Design Technology; 1.2. How the 'Information Age' has Transformed Architectural Design Practice; <EM>Practice Insert: Coop Himmelb(l)au</EM>; 1.3. Computational Design in Architecture Practice
  • A Brief History; <EM>Practice Insert: Foster + Partners</EM>; 1.4. The Proliferation of Parametric Design and Scripting; 1.5. Object-oriented Design Documentation going Mainstream; 1.6. Digital Models for Structural and Environmental Performance Feedback; <EM>Practice Insert: Bjarke Ingels Group</EM>; <STRONG>2. Positioning Technology within Design Practice</STRONG>; 2.1. The ambivalent relationship between architects and (Design) Technology; 2.2. Becoming strategic about technology choices; <EM>Practice Insert: Zaha Hadid Architects</EM>; 2.3. Matching Studio Culture with Technology Support; <EM>Practice Insert: Diller Scofidio + Renfo</EM>; 2.4. Addressing Design Technology on an Organisational Level; 2.5. Setting Up, and Positioning Design Technology within the Office Structure; <EM>Practice Insert: Heatherwick Studio</EM>; 2.6. Project Support; <EM>Practice Insert: Morphosis Architects</EM>; 2.7. Design Technology: Liaising with Practice Leadership; 2.8. The Next Level - Design Technology as a Business Opportunity; <EM>Practice Insert: SO-IL</EM>; <STRONG>3. Tooling</STRONG>; 3.1. Seeking Alignment between Design Process and Tools; 3.2. Tool: From Drafting Support to Decision Support (and More?); <EM>Practice Insert: Woods Bagot</EM>; 3.3. More Flexible/Smaller/Lighter; 3.4. The Virtual Office; <EM>Practice Insert: Herzog & de Meuron</EM>; 3.5. File to Fabrication; <EM>Practice Insert: LASSA</EM>; 3.6. Convergence
  • Tooling Across Domains; 3.7. Design Technology, Semiotics, and Human Behaviour!; <STRONG>4. Moving Forward</STRONG>; Interview with Four Leading Design Technologists</P>